When The World Was
Humphrey ~ McKeown
Young
Humphrey ~ McKeown
Heather Humphrey - Lead and background vocals, percussion, piano, flute
Tom McKeown - Lead and background vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo,
piano, organ, synths, bass, drums, percussion
When we formed Humphrey~McKeown as a
songwriting partnership in August 2006, we never
thought we’d release a CD. Back then our purpose was to write songs, sell them, and write more.
We are first and foremost, songwriters. Creating
music, melodies and lyrics that reflect real life joys
and struggles is what energizes us and keeps us
writing. It took years of encouragement before we
started to embrace the idea that maybe, just
maybe “we” could perform our own songs. This
has been a huge adventure for us. Our first CD is
a sampling of what we’ve created and hope to
bring to you in the coming months and years. We
truly appreciate everyone who has come along with
us to make this possible. We hope we do justice to
your faith in us with the music we’ve recorded here.
~Heather and Tom, April 2012
Heather would like to thank: My husband Dennis and children, Liz, AJ, Evan and Aeden, for their gifts of love, patience and a strong belief I should follow my dream; All my friends, family co-workers who actively follow my new
adventures and have come out to support us, thank you from the bottom of my heart; The McKeown family for bringing the Humphrey 6 into your home with open arms; Tom for seeing deep inside of me the fading music and encouraging me to step out in faith and not to give up; and Jesus, my guide, who always remains the sweetest name
I’ve ever heard.
Tom would like to thank: My God, Jesus Christ, for making all of this possible; My family, Donna, Trevor and
Robyn, for encouragement and understanding the endless hours it takes to record part after part after part after- what do you think of take #45? Heather for her deep friendship and belief in what we could do - - you’ve helped me
dream again; The Humphrey clan for all the fun and friendship anyone could hope for; and Mom, Bobbi, John, Rob
and Patti, Joan, Jack, Don, Pam. I love you all.
Humphrey-McKeown would like to thank: Dennis and Donna for supporting our dream; Our live band: Drey Bohannan, Igor Dimovski, Eric Fish, Jim Livas, Edwin Rivera, Cliff Zweibruck -- thank you for joining us on this adventure;
All our friends at CCC for believing in us; Pat, Tony, Tony and the guys at Upstaging who have helped us on our
shows; Robert Carone for providing new studio toys just when we needed them; Laura Fish and all the families of the
guys in the band for giving them to us; Carol Livas for dinners and endless support during mind-numbing loud rehearsals; Dave Coy and the guys at open-mic nights that encouraged us to keep going; Ryan Gatbunton for jumping
in and saving a show for us; Deborah King for her creative photography ; and The Catlow Theater in Barrington for
the great photo location - - thank you for preserving a piece of history from when the world was young.
*Special thanks to Bob Aalund (drums) and Laura Fry (violin) on “Embrace The Possibilities.”
Produced by Tom McKeown and Heather Humphrey • Engineered by Tom McKeown, assisted by Heather
Humphrey • Recorded and mixed at HM-Music Studio, Schaumburg, IL • Mastered by John Scrip at MASSIVE
Mastering • CD photos by Deborah King • CD layout by HM • All songs published by HM-Music (BMI)
All rights reserved. Used by permission. ©2012 HM-Music
01 Could Be Love (3:42)
Lyrics & Melody: Tom McKeown, Heather Humphrey •
Music: Tom McKeown
02 Do You Think? (3:06)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
03 I Don’t Care (3:06)
Lyrics, Melody & Music: Tom McKeown
Dedicated to the memory of Robert Logan McKeown, Sr.
04 Steely Little Heart (2:08)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
05 My Love Passed Me By (3:19)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
08 I’m Not Missin’ Me (3:02)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
09 Roll The Dice (3:22)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
10 Maybe (3:01)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music: Tom McKeown
11 The Box (4:02)
Lyrics, Melody & Music: Tom McKeown
12 Grace Around My Heart (3:15)
Lyrics & Melody: Heather Humphrey • Music & Additional Lyrics:
Tom McKeown
13 When The World Was Young (4:22)
06 Embrace the Possibilities* (4:20)
Lyrics, Melody & Music: Tom McKeown • Additional Lyrics:
Heather Humphrey
07 I Wonder Why (3:39)
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Lyrics, Melody & Music: Tom McKeown
Drums: Bob Aalund • Violin: Laura Fry
Lyrics, Melody & Music: Tom McKeown • Additional Lyrics
& Melodies: Heather Humphrey
Could Be Love
Steely Little Heart
What's this achin' in my heart?
What's this longin' in my soul?
What's this fire that would consume me?
What it is I just don't know
Could be love; could be love
I Don’t Care
I'm not sleepin' through the night
I keep wakin' in this dream
Where you took me to the playground
And you kissed me by the swing
Could be love; could be love
One word, one look, one touch
Could be, could be love
I'm fallin' in deeper
So hold on, could be love
What am I supposed to do
When my heart just wants to fly?
Will I live to see this dream
Or will somethin' in me die?
Could be love; could be love
I'm tired of these feelings
That are comin' over me
I don't know what to say or feel
It makes me want to scream
What it is I just dont know...
Do You Think?
I don't care if we go walking
I don't care if we stay home
I don't care about what we're eating
I don't don't care if we don't
I don't care about all the things you think
That we're supposed to do
'cuz all I want is you
Do you think we'll have breakfast in bed?
Do you think we'll sleep-in instead?
But you're not listening
Your eyes have that glazed over
Crazy, fallin over me look
This is what I think
You're not thinking at all
I don't care about religion
Or who you voted for
I don't care about all the kind of things
That we should both ignore
'cuz this world is trying to tear us down
And turn our love around
But all I want is you
Do you think we'll splash around in the lake?
Do you think about the walks we will take?
But you're not hearing me
Your eyes have that far off
Filled up, swimmin’ in love look
This is what I think
You're not thinking at all
Lay it down - all those things you're thinking
Lay it down - when you feel your heart is sinking
Maybe there's a better way
A place for only me and you
Shakespeare was never this in love
'cuz you speak my name as your song
Shakespeare was never this in love
'cuz you stare at me all day, all day long
Do you think of all the games we could play?
Do you think you'll always love me this way?
But you're still dreamin'
You're busy with the moon beamin'
Stars shinin', planets all alignin'
This is what I think
You're not thinking at all
I don't care if you're a sinner
I don't care if you're a saint
I don't care if you've been bad or good
'cuz I don't have one complaint
I don't think that I can make it
If my heart could not break through
'cuz all I want is you
Your steely little heart wasn't what I really wanted
When I asked you for your help gettin' out of my car
But the moment my eyes met yours and I saw that look of hate
I knew just then it was the start
Of your steely, steely, steely little heart
Your steely little heart wasn't what I really wanted
When I'd given you my dream, You're not what you seem
And the moment that you showd me who you really are
I knew just then I'd feel the scars
From your steely, steely, steely little heart
Oh, I thought that I could trust you
Now what did you do?
You said your love would stay
Then you took it all away
Your steely little heart wasn't what I really wanted
Now it's time that we're apart, now get out of my car
With your steely, steely, steely little heart
My Love Passed Me By
My love fell from Heaven’s skies and on the street I saw him walk by
He didn’t see me so it never came to be
So my love passed my lovin right by; oh, oh
My love fell from Heaven’s skies and all I heard was Satan’s lies
“Believe in what you see my dear”
And oh he passed my lovin right by; oh, oh
Why didn’t he see me? I’m sure, I’m sure he could set me free
If he had looked my way that day
My love fell from Heaven’s skies and on the street I saw him walk by
He didn’t see me so it never came to be
So my love passed my lovin right by; oh, oh
My love passed my lovin right by
Embrace The Possibilities
I’m Not Missin’ Me
I see one man building up
I see one man tearing down
And I see a life that's turned around
In the balance, in the balance
Life is free and easy
It gets better every day
Breathin’ in and out
Happy all around
Even though you’re away
I hear the words "you will, you can"
I hear the words " you won't, you never will"
Can I hear the voice that's true and clear?
In the balance
We all live in the possibilities
Who am I to point and disagree
Give me eyes Lord that I can see what you see
Embrace the possibilities
I need encouragement to start
I need a friend to cheer me on
And I need the hope that change will come
In the balance
How many lives become
All they were meant to be?
Can our God see something more
A greater good in you and me?
‘cuz, I see someone soaring high
I see another who's afraid to reach
Can I see the Master’s hand on each?
I Wonder Why
I look to heaven and wonder why
Hannah can't see the stars in the sky
She doesn't wonder at the moon tonight
Sitting silent by my side
Does she feel the evening breeze?
Can she hear the wind through the trees?
I've asked myself so many times
I wonder why
In the morning the birds will sing
But their song won't mean anything
She won't laugh and she won't play
She's locked inside yet another day
What kind of life does she live there?
And can she feel how much I care?
I've asked myself a hundred times
I wonder why
If I could turn back time
To see her face shine
We'd find another way
So her tomorrow's not today
She'll never fall in love with a boy
Or have a child and weep with joy
This lonely world is all she knows
Where is God? Oh, I don't know
What kind of Maker leaves her there?
How many days will she just stare?
I've asked myself a thousand times
I wonder why
She doesn't wonder
She doesn't dream
I wonder why
You were the strength that I knew
Then you robbed me stone blind
But I’m not all alone
Even though you’re gone
When love’s still on my mind
Cuz I’m not missin’ me
I like who I became
I see a perfect view through fallin’ rain
Even when I’m missin’ you
Roll The Dice
I used to search for your eyes
Just like a little girl
Now I stand by myself
Put my shell on
Reinvent my world
They greet, he kisses her cheek
What was that all about?
She laughs as she passes by
What is she happy about?
I gave you my heart and you tore it apart
You’ve gone and I’ve moved on and on
So smart - they know what they want
So nice - they have it all
So smart, so nice - will they think twice?
Go on and roll the dice
Soft lights and the mood is just right
What is this magic about?
Girl and boy, splashin' in joy
Can they see what this is about?
Roll lucky seven
For him, for her
Roll lady luck
And give them the world
Roll the dice
And don't think twice
He kneels and then she squeals
I see what this is all about
She sings with her shiney new ring
She flashes it all about
Grace Around My Heart
Maybe
You know my unmet needs and
You see my unseen dreams
You see the visions pass
You know the questions I ask
People on the street
I have no one special to meet
That trumpet player feels my blues
I'm on 10th Street with nothing new
Maybe the clouds will run home and I'll see those birds fly
Maybe that singer will swing and tears will be dry
I'm caught up in "maybe's" but maybe that's all I'll get
Bestro bread is fine
I see them share that bottle of wine
That singers crooning for my pain
I'm on 10th Street with no fame
You might say I'm crazy
Ya, not thinkin' straight
But I'm dreaming on 10th Street
Oh, it can't be too late
Nightfall comes too soon
And drowning rain keeps hiding the moon
The sandmans calling out my name
I'm on 10th Steet, oh, it's a game
The Box
There's a box I'm not too proud of filled with all the things I've done
And when I'm feeling too good about myself you’d say “sit down and look at one”
You know that I’m not gonna read ‘em I know the wretched life I've lived
But if I searched right though each and every line there's one thing that I never did
I never gave up on you the way you gave up on me
I never wrote you off as a failed life for all the world to see
I never gave up on you even when you took your knocks
I never gave up on you and started filling the box
Now the years have slipped by with my hope that you'd see me in some other way
‘cuz that box is now overflowing I see you added another today
And now the kids have all but grown up and I'm countin down the days
When I'll be left with only a memory but there's one thing that I gotta say
I'd like to take that box and burn it start new from this day on
I'd like to know if there's life in me before the Lord comes and takes me home
You passed away ten years today and I’m left here by myself
Staring at that hateful box sitting there upon the shelf
So I gathered up my courage and took it down to have a look
There were no notes about my failures, only love notes I mistook
You never gave up on me the way I gave up on you
I never wrote down these words of love and then gave them back to you
You never gave up on me, though I was blind to see
You never gave up on me as you were filling the box
Wrap your grace around my heart
Let me see your face
Tell the story of your love once again
I will sing your praise
You know my darkest fears
You see when danger near
You hear unspoken thoughts
You see who I am not
You found me dead
Lifted my head
Breathed life in this stone
And called me your own
You hear unspoken thoughts
You see who I am not
When The World Was Young
Hopes, dreams, these are a few of the things
That I’d forgotten we once had
I never thought to look back
Love, nothing more, I never thought of us poor
We had each other, we couldn’t lose
Do you feel the same too?
Do you remember
The way we were when we were young?
Do you remember
The world lay before us as we’d just begun?
You and I could touch the sky reaching for our dreams
Leave our cares and learn to fly when the world was young
And so was I
A wish and a prayer, these two would carry us there
When you awaken could we pretend
That we were young once again?
01 Could Be Love
02 Do You Think?
03 I Don’t Care
04 Steely Little Heart
05 My Love Passed Me By
06 Embrace The Possibilities
07 I Wonder Why
08 I’m Not Missin’ Me
09 Roll The Dice
10 Maybe
11 The Box
12 Grace Around My Heart
13 When The World Was Young
Produced by Tom McKeown & Heather Humphrey
live, learn, create... repeat
©2012 HM-Music